BLACK SWAN BOOKS, INC., ABAA, ILAB

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Quarto; in the publisher's brown cloth binding, with dustjacket; [8], 9-192 pages, including the Index. there is a previous owner gift inscription on the front free endpaper; otherwise a nice, fresh copy of the First Edition. Near Fine binding / Near…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. First Edition. 8vo;; bound in yellow paperback with the titling and illustration printed in black; a street map of Oceanport is bound in as issued; a trivial fold on the rear wrapper; some light foxing to the edge of the textblock, a few very small stains on the wrappers. Near Fine bindi…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Near Fine dust jacket. Third Printing. 8vo.; in tan paper-covered boards, backed in brown cloth; xiv, [2], 3-448 pages, including the Index.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Dr. Gallagher has penned a note attesting to this which is laid into…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good binding. Good dust jacket. First Edition. Signed. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; xiii, 306 pages; there is scattered foxing to the endpapers; this copy is signed by Edward Rowe Snow on the front endpaper.~~The dustjacket has minor loss at the spine; it also has loss…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Very Good dust jacket. First Edition. Light blue cloth binding with gilt lettering; there are no ownership marks of any kind. A fair amount on the Civil War. The dustjacket shows trivial wear and fading/toning and is now protected in a new mylar cover. Near Fine binding / Very Good dust…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Near Fine dust jacket. Facsimile Edition. 8vo.; in the publisher's black cloth with titling and decorations in gold, and with a bright unclipped dustjacket; some paper residue on the upper board; some scattered foxing mainly on the end papers and pastedowns. ~~A nice copy of Mr. Mordecai…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Second Edition. Octavo; in the publisher's blue cloth binding with titling in gilt to the upper board; 97 pages; followed by [2] pages of Index and [4] pages of publisher's ads.~~A clean copy, with many half-tone illustrations of scenes of The University, " back in the day". (Haynes 1376…

Charles Ira Hood (1845-1922) worked in his father's apothecary shop as a child and became a prescription clerk as a young man. In 1876 he began to create his own sarsaparilla medicine, using the eponymous root along with dandelion, gentian, juniper berries, and alcohol. Without any federal regulations on ingredient transparency,…

McLoughlin Brothers, New York, 1884. 5 ¾" x 4" full color primer printed on linen. 1"x1/2" patch to front cover; fraying around edges esp. at top right. Slight fading to covers and some foxing to inside pages. Overall good.~~Pages contain the letters of the alphabet in capital and lower-case, pictorial examples for each letter,…

Single complete bifolium with no cover. 4pp sheet music for 3-part chorus with keyboard instrument, arranged by the English clergyman and writer Martin Madan (1726-1790). Contains lyrics for the "Celebrated Hymn" and published by J. Hewitt's Musical Repository. ~~James Hewitt (1770-1827) was a traveling musician until 1795, when…

3" x 4 ¼" campaign flyer with button. Against a green background are the photographs of Mills Godwin for Governor, Fred Pollard for Lieut. Gov., and Robert Young Button for Attorney General. "Pledged to the Progress of Virginia", it urges Virginians to vote on Nov. 2, 1965. Representing the Democratic party, Godwin was a leader…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. First Edition. Signed. Limited Edition; #915 of 1980 copies; signed by Mr. Brock. With the 39 luminous photographic images of photographer Frances Benjamin Johnston.~no marks in the book. Wear to the top and bottom of he spine and the edges; previous owner's bookplate to the front paste…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Quarto; in the publisher's blue cloth; with titling on the spine and front cover in gold; with marbled endpapers; unpaginated, facsimile of the author's original manuscripts; includes the original informational pamphlet laid in; minimal wear to the boards or binding; a few small stains t…

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good+ binding. 4to; in the publisher's red decorated cloth binding with dark raised lettering[ 152 pages; boards slightly cocked; with a small amount of tape residue on the lower board.~~Full of both color and black and white photographs this book is a look into the work of Atlantic Bureau of Fire Ser…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. Octavo; in the publisher?s blue cloth; with titling on the spine in blue; 158 pages including the Index; in an unclipped jacket; light wear to the jacket; ?Examination Copy? stamp on top edge of the text block. Near Fine bindin…

Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. Near Fine dust jacket. First Edition. 8vo.; in the publisher's blue cloth binding, with dustjacket; [x] 158 pages, including Index; there are no marks in the book.~~This copy is from the personal library of Civil War historian Gary Gallagher; Mr. Gallagher hand-wrote a card attesting to…

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine binding. First Edition. Large oblong 8vo.; in colorful cardstock covers;[127] pages; this copy is signed, with inscription, by both of the cartoonists -- Gary Brookins and Bob Gorrell.~~Mr. Brookins and Mr. Gorrell were outstanding political cartoonists in Richmond. Mr. Brookins also drew "Shoe"…